Vortex III Spec

[sted]

Okay so, I am looking into getting a new laptop now too, possibly as mine seems to be on its way out unfortnately. I want it for the odd bit of gaming (Neverwinter nights is likely to be the most played game on it so it doesn't need an amazing GPU for gaming but other games may be played too), ideally it would be able to handle Photoshop easily. My budget for this will be £1300 Max.

Problems with my current Laptop are:

I have just today experienced a BSOD.
Typing is sometimes unsuccessful, I.E - I can type something and it will miss letters out, quite often.
Typing sometimes doubles up on letter, I.E - I can type something and it will sometimes come out like this - Heello, wwhat etc..
The Laptop was also previously owned by someone before me and even someone before them, so no idea how old it is. But I did have to fork out for screen repairs unfortunately

I was looking at the Vortex III 17", the backlit keyboard is very appealing to me.



I might add that I wll be storing many photo's from a high MP camera will be stored on it and it will possibly be used for college, if/when decide to go.

Came up with:

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (4 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)

Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH

USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT

Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days

Quantity
1

Price: £1,259.00 including VAT and delivery. - This leaves me with a bit of money left over for a case to carry it in.

Good solid build for what I want it for? Are the HDD's good/in the right slots for best performance?

[AzY]

If your not doing much gaming, or gaming on very high ultra i suggest you drop to the optimus series, save much money on the laptop, and u wont notice much difference with your current gaming neeeds, and u could save that extra money or spend on better components. I have the 17" and i can play bf3 on mosty high/medium and get 30-40 fps @ 786p, so it would be fine for most games on high, and even some on 1080p and high.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.71887.0.html

I would get a fast ssd, preferably the intel 520 series as your primary hard drive for ur os, and a few games, then a secondary large hard drive for storage, have a look at this spec, comes under budget which u can improve e.g: bigger capacity battery or keep the costs low.

Chassis & Display Optimus Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M - 1.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk 120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery Optimus/Voyager Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard Language INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Dead Pixel Guarantee 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)
Insurance 1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days

Price: £1,079.00 including VAT and delivery.

[AzY]

I seriously wouldent bother with getting the vortex just for the backlit keyboard, even i at first would have liked a backlit keyboard, but i was in no way willing to spend a few hundred more £ for it, and i felt i could do without it without much inconvenience.
Also the power supply of the vortex is a beast, literally, , im sure someone can post a picture of it next to the laptop, its like 1/3 the size and the laptop is quite heavy also, so if you dont really need the superior gpu, downgrade, but if u want to max out most games, stay with vortex

[sted]

Thanks! That seems like a nice setup for a decent drop in price too. +Rep